Quijano earns victory as York Revolution shut out Bridgeport Bluefish

Alain Quijano earns the victory as York blanks Bridgeport, 2-0

The York Revolution earned their first shutout victory of the season, defeating the Bridgeport Bluefish, 2-0, on Sunday afternoon at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Conn.

The Revs have now won back-to-back games, improving to 4-2 on their current road trip with a pair of series wins. Their trip will continue to Sugar Land tonight for the start of a four-game series.

Turning points

• The Revs plated a first-inning run for the third consecutive game as Wilson Valdez drew a leadoff walk, stole second, moved to third on a deep fly out by Eric Patterson. Valdez scored on a bloop hit by Johan Limonta, who extended his hitting streak to 13 consecutive games, the league's longest this season.

• York's other run scored in the third as Ofilio Castro ripped a two-out RBI single to left, one of his three hits on the day.

•Third baseman Travis Garcia helped preserve the shutout with a diving stop on a ground ball off the bat of Prentice Redman to end the fourth inning.

Key performers

• Revs starter Alain Quijano (3-1) allowed four hits over seven shutout innings to earn the win. Quijano walked only one and struck out four, while lowering his season ERA to 1.61.

• Michael Wuertz and Rommie Lewis both logged scoreless innings to close out the win. Lewis earned his sixth save and second in as many games.

Notes

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•Revs pitchers allowed just five runs in their three-game series in Bridgeport. York pitchers have worked 15 consecutive scoreless innings.

•Quijano allowed leadoff doubles in the third and sixth innings but stranded both runners.

•The Revs had alternated wins and losses over their previous six games and are now two games over .500 at 12-10 for the first time since May 9 when they were 8-6.

•They have won back-to-back games for the first time since May 8-9. They have won back-to-back series for the first time this season.

•Valdez and Sean Smith each stole bases in Sunday's game giving the Revs 26 steals in 28 attempts on the season, the league's second-highest total.